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colinmccreath Member Since: 20 Aug 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 3 |
I wondered if you had fixed your sunroof? Something very similar happened to me on Friday... My wife had used the car the day before and everything was fine, I jumped in the next morning, powered the seat back (slowly??) and went to start it and nothing... HDC warning lights etc and then it would not not even eject the key form the ignition, so it appeared to have a completely flat battery. It started OK with jump leads off another car and has been fine since. I got the battery checked and it along with the alternator have been given a clean bill of health. I have reset the windows OK but the sunroof will not work even after attempting the LR 20sec reset procedure.
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20th Aug 2012 11:57 am |
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alex_pescaru Member Since: 12 Mar 2009 Location: RO Posts: 4642 |
You need to (re)calibrate it. Meaning it has to (re)learn the fully open and fully close positions.
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20th Aug 2012 4:14 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
I had a battery fail at Easter in 45 minutes, used the car, and 45 minutes later dead, just enough power to light the panel lights but not enough to eject the fob, LR Assist plugged in what looked very similar to a Credit Card machine to the battery, the print out said " No 3 Cell Faulty" battery replaced there and then. |
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20th Aug 2012 4:46 pm |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
My battery went flat in 24 hours - also a 2007 model. I'm fairly certain it's because I used the tailgate opening button on the key fob, and when I shut the tailgate (which appears to lock the car) the electrics failed to shut down. I've always double-locked it properly since and the problem has never recurred. The rescue man who attended suggested the alarm going off had caused it, which is rubbish - I'd have heard it as it was right outside my window. There were a lot of posts about flat batteries in the earlier cars, with various possibilities suggested - a search may turn up some of them. Leaving the wipers or lights on auto were two further suggestions. Not double-locking seemed to be the favourite. |
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20th Aug 2012 9:17 pm |
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colinmccreath Member Since: 20 Aug 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 3 |
Alex, When I said above that I had done the LR 20sec procedure I meant I had carried out the procedure in the handbook which you describe above and this did not work. So I am still unclear as to how to bring the sunroof back to life...... |
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20th Aug 2012 10:05 pm |
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colinmccreath Member Since: 20 Aug 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 3 |
Thanks, this does sound like a possibility as to date we have never bothered double locking the car, so will try and remember to do this from now on! I am wondering if the fact that the sunroof has stopped working is in some way linked to the problem though?? I will need to check obvious things like fuses first though..... |
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20th Aug 2012 10:08 pm |
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alex_pescaru Member Since: 12 Mar 2009 Location: RO Posts: 4642 |
Sorry, I didn't saw you're message... I've tried to answer to the OP message.... My bad that I didn't saw that was an old thread brought back to life by you... |
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20th Aug 2012 10:11 pm |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
You should always double lock. The electrics don't shut down on a single lock - at least on the early cars. There were lots of posts about this in the past. |
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24th Aug 2012 3:31 pm |
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parallax33 Member Since: 29 Jul 2011 Location: Chandlers Ford Posts: 316 |
Silly question, but have you checked the fuse? May have blown... 2012 DISCOVERY 4 GS AUTO ORKNEY GREY
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24th Aug 2012 3:34 pm |
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Kalahari Member Since: 21 Apr 2012 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 13 |
I tried the stuff in the manuel to no avail. I was then advised to disconnect the battery completely wait for a couple of minutes then reconnect terminal and start again. The memeory needs to clear and then it roboots itself and the sunroof should work. I tried it and out sorted it straight away.
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26th Aug 2012 10:38 am |
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Saithe Member Since: 07 Jun 2017 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 4 |
Obviously an old thread, but I've just tried to fix my sunroof with the above procedure, i.e. disconnecting the battery. It didn't work.
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11th Jun 2017 7:13 pm |
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Darzetboy Member Since: 20 Feb 2015 Location: Dorset Posts: 5 |
I've had exactly the same problem today. Left the keys in with sunroof and driver's window open and battery flattened after a few hours. Jumped the FL2 from wife's C-Class and got going but no windows functioning and sunroof wouldn't shut. After ignition off and re-starting windows came back to life but not sunroof. Tried the handbook re-calibration procedure, but nothing. Checked the fuse, not blown, left it out for a couple of minutes, put it back in and sunroof is working fine.
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2nd Jul 2017 4:46 pm |
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SYFL2 Member Since: 16 Jun 2012 Location: Sheffield Posts: 2593 |
Nothing wrong with a hard reset it's worked for me lots of times. |
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2nd Jul 2017 7:40 pm |
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tomdutchman Member Since: 14 Jan 2015 Location: Hamburg Posts: 2 |
Thought to just ad my experience with the sunroof.
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19th Jun 2020 7:40 pm |
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